ARTICLE 19

Turkey has an excellent opportunity to lead by example in fulfilling its obligation to respect and protect the right to freedom of expression, says the organisation.

The October Artist Alert features cases from China, Turkey, Singapore, Denmark and Malaysia, among others.

The hosting company for the Fitwatch website was contacted by a police inspector who demanded that the site be taken down.

The IFEX-TMG is deeply concerned that five years after hosting the World Summit on the Information Society, Tunisia remains one of the most repressive countries for independent journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders.

“We put before the minister our concerns for the need to reform all repressive laws and their provisions, as these are inimical to press freedom,” said the NUSOJ delegate.

ARTICLE 19, IFJ and WAN-IFRA note it appears the government is seeking the legal framework to legitimise its continued clampdown on press freedom, and self-censorship is rife in the official, opposition and independent media.

Six IFEX members and three other organisations condemned the government’s failure to comply with its international obligations to freedom of expression during the parliamentary elections.

For the first time in the history of the NGO Forum meeting preceding the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, a distinguished panel on freedom of expression and protection of journalists was convened.